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Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Ladies first!
Picasso was accused of stealing it, and Napoleon hung it in his bedroom
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
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Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
You spin me right round, baby, right round
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
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I’d give that cannonball a 6 out of 10
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
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Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
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This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
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Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
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On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
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Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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